summertime and beach countdown

Summer is in full swing and Arden is in summer program at Rivermont ELC. It is already entirely too hot for me and for once I am counting down till the beach trip. 2 weeks and 3 days. I am also trying to get this body ready for the beach. I have lost 5lbs in 5 weeks but that is really nothing to write home about. This is the story of my life though--strict to the diet and work out hard to lose a very small amount of weight. The only good thing is that it goes both ways. I also gain slowly. We have joined the stuart heights pool so the kiddos are really loving that. It is really family friendly but i am still unsure if we are going to get our monies worth at the end of summer. Matt does not like to go to the pool and lets just face it with work/workout/dinner I am home about 6 or 7 and then have to get ready for pool. Yeah, not so much. Then weekends are full of birthday parties and VBS and the pool sometimes feels like one more thing to do. I am ready for a nap. We have been enjoying our back yard and the grill at night. it has been really great. We are already planning out Arden's birthday. We are doing Alice in Wonderland this year and Matt and I are having a blast with all the ideas. My baby boy is still not talking much. He did give Mommy a kiss this morning and then when I asked if he "loves mom" he nodded yes. baby steps i guess. He is still the "gaga Monster" and is acquiring new nicknames everyday. ZB- quins. Coobla-kin. and other nonsense names. He is a wild man and definitely keeps me on my toes. I have probably not gotten my camera out in over a month.I seriously need to stop relying on my iphone for the only pictures of my children. It is sad. I wanted to post this cute pic that I posted to facebook the other day. I post everything to facebook--it is like the new blog.I put as the caption. Some GOOD things never change @ Clements. so sweet